Lehrende: Simon Disque; Prof. Dr. Moritz Alexander Drupp
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
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Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Credits: 6,0
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | 20
Anmeldegruppe: Profilbildungsseminar
Kommentare/ Inhalte: At the onset of the 21st century, (environmental) economics faces two mega-challenges: On the one hand, the loss of environmental goods and services is widespread and accelerating, while, on the other hand, concerns about economic inequalities become more prevalent in science, policy and society. These two challenges are inter-related: Economic inequality may influence environmental valuation and policy, while environmental policy may affect economic inequality in turn. The two challenges should therefore be studied and treated at the same time. The seminar addresses this interrelation by addressing a number of key issues. For example: (1) How does distribution of income within a society affect the economic valuation of the environment and nature? (2) What are individual and societal preferences for a more equal distribution of income and environmental quality? (3) Who benefits from better environmental quality? (4) Who bears the costs of environmental policy? (5) How can environmental policies be designed to take distributional effects into account?
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Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen: Your term paper as well as the combination of presentation and discussion (Ko-Referat) count equally towards your overall grade.